poetry is as much about the reader as the writer. a repsonse, of any & all variety, is the desired effect. recognition, confession, tumble, double take, memory, assent. if you think a poem is about you, it probably is.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Frank at Forty

(July 26, 2006)

is no different than frank at 35 or 10 gone is gone and we’ll never share a dinner table which is just as well probably best and I guess it’s all a matter of missing someone you never knew knowing something you will always love will never leave